VETERAN'S DAY
ARMISTICE DAY...NOVEMBER 11...WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1926 TO COMMEMORATE THE SIGNING IN 1918 OF THE ARMISTICE ENDING WWI. ON JUNE 1, 1954, THE NAME WAS CHANGED TO VETERAN'S DAY TO HONOR ALL MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE SERVED AMERICA IN ITS ARMED FORCES.
THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN BUFFALO ON VETERAN'S DAY WAS IN 1964 WHEN A HIGH OF 68 DEGREES WAS REACHED. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED WAS 19 DEGREES IN 1957. NORMALLY, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AVERAGES AROUND 47 DEGREES WHILE THE LOW AVERAGES NEAR 35 DEGREES.
THERE IS ROUGHLY A 70 PERCENT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION OF A TRACE OR MORE.
STEADY RAIN IN 1995 DROPPED 1.40 INCHES ON BUFFALO...THE MOST PRECIPITATION EVER RECORDED ON A VETERAN'S DAY. THE MOST SNOW THAT FELL ON VETERAN'S DAY OCCURRED IN 1942 WHEN 5.3 INCHES WAS RECORDED.
ON VETERAN'S DAY IN 1977, A HEAVY LAKE‑EFFECT SNOWSTORM HIT THE NORTHERN EDGE AND NORTHERN SUBURBS OF BUFFALO DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. WHILE UNDER THREE INCHES OF SNOW WAS RECORDED AT THE AIRPORT, SIX TO NINE INCHES OF HEAVY, WET SNOW WERE RECEIVED BY THE NORTHERN SECTIONS. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND MODERATELY STRONG WINDS SNAPPED POWER LINES AND DOWNED LARGE TREE LIMBS.
VETERAN'S DAY NOVEMBER 11 PERIOD OF RECORD: 85 YEARS (1926‑2011)
TEMPERATURE DATA
HIGHEST 68 DEGREES IN 1964
LOWEST 19 DEGREES IN 1957
LOWEST MAXIMUM 27 IN 1933
HIGHEST MINIMUM 53 IN 1927
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE 47.4 DEGREES
AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE 34.6 DEGREES
HIGH TEMPERATURE BY 10 DEGREE RANGES
20S 30S 40S 50S 60S
1 20 27 28 10 ‑NUMBER OF OCCURRENCES
1% 24% 27% 33% 12% ‑PROBABILITY OF HIGH TEMP IN THAT RANGE
PRECIPITATION DATA
NUMBER OF TIMES WITH MEASURABLE 42 OCCURRENCES OR 50%
NUMBER OF TIMES WITH A TRACE OR MORE 59 OCCURRENCES OR 69%
NUMBER OF TIMES WITH NO PRECIPITATION 26 OCCURRENCES OR 31%
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH PRECIPITATION OF: 0.01 INCH OR MORE 42
0.50 INCH OR MORE 5
SNOWFALL: NUMBER OF TIMES WITH A TRACE OR MORE 28
NUMBER OF TIMES WITH OVER A TRACE 13
NUMBER OF TIMES WITH OVER 1.0 INCH 7
NUMBER OF TIMES WITH OVER 5.0 INCHES 2
MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION: 1.40 INCH IN 1995
MAXIMUM SNOWFALL: 5.3 INCHES IN 1942
VETERAN'S DAY
YEAR HI LO PRECIP CHARACTER
1926 30 31 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY
1927 66 53 0.06 CLOUDY, MORNING SHOWERS
1928 44 35 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY
1929 52 47 0.01 CLOUDY, BREEZY
1930 53 35 0.00 CLOUDY
1931 52 38 0.00 MOSTLY CLOUDY, WHITE FROST
1932 47 29 0.39/2.0 CLOUDY, EARLY MORNING RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW
1933 27 22 0.52/5.2 CLOUDY, SNOW
1934 37 30 0.07/0.7 CLOUDY, MORNING SHOWERS; AFTERNOON FLURRIES
1935 36 33 0.05 CLOUDY, MORNING AND LATE EVENING SHOWERS
1936 48 39 0.00 CLEAR
1937 38 28 0.00 CLEAR
1938 60 47 0.00 CLEAR
1939 42 30 0.00 CLOUDY
1940 66 48 0.63 CLOUDY
1941 36 33 TR CLOUDY
1942 34 29 0.52/5.3 CLOUDY, WINDY, SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW
1943 38 25 0.03/0.3 CLOUDY, MORNING FLURRIES
1944 40 33 TR/TR CLOUDY, LATE MORNING FLURRY
1945 47 29 0.15 CLOUDY, LATE AFTERNOON SHOWERS
1946 59 46 0.76 CLOUDY
1947 50 38 0.38 CLOUDY, RAIN ALL DAY
1948 50 35 TR/TR PARTLY CLOUDY, MORNING FLURRIES
1949 62 43 0.30 CLOUDY, THUNDERSTORMS
1950 35 30 0.02/0.2 CLOUDY
1951 48 32 0.00 CLOUDY
1952 43 31 0.00 CLOUDY
1953 56 38 TR CLOUDY, LATE MORNING SHOWER
1954 56 31 0.01 PARTLY CLOUDY, LATE NIGHT SHOWERS
1955 50 38 0.01 MOSTLY CLOUDY, AFTERNOON SHOWERS
1956 57 27 TR MOSTLY CLOUDY
1957 40 19 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY
1958 52 34 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY
1959 58 40 0.47 CLOUDY, EVENING SHOWERS
1960 39 31 0.00 CLOUDY
1961 51 25 0.00 CLEAR
1962 43 30 0.04 PARTLY CLOUDY, EARLY MORNING SHOWERS
1963 51 39 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY, BREEZY
1964 68 43 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY
1965 45 28 0.00 CLOUDY
1966 45 39 0.02 CLOUDY, NOONTIME SHOWERS
1967 62 47 0.36 BREEZY, EARLY MORNING AND EVENING SHOWERS
VETERAN'S DAY
YEAR HI LO PRECIP CHARACTER
1968 42 37 TR/TR CLOUDY, EARLY MORNING FLURRIES
1969 50 42 0.01 CLOUDY, MORNING SHOWERS
1970 53 48 0.06 CLOUDY, AFTERNOON SHOWERS
1971 36 31 TR/TR CLOUDY, MORNING AND AFTERNOON FLURRIES
1972 46 39 0.16 CLOUDY, MORNING AND AFTERNOON SHOWERS
1973 40 30 0.02/0.2 CLOUDY, AFTERNOON FLURRIES
1974 63 40 0.00 CLOUDY
1975 52 39 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY
1976 34 24 TR/TR PARTLY CLOUDY, MORNING SNOW FLURRIES
1977 39 32 0.35/2.8 CLOUDY, MORNING AND AFTERNOON SNOW
1978 54 40 0.00 CLOUDY
1979 41 31 0.01 CLOUDY, AFTERNOON SHOWERS
1980 34 31 TR/TR CLOUDY, MORNING SNOW FLURRIES
1981 46 34 TR CLOUDY, EARLY MORNING SHOWERS
1982 57 43 0.40 CLOUDY, EARLY MORNING AND AFTERNOON RAIN
1983 47 28 0.44/1.0 RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW IN THE EVENING
1984 54 33 0.41/TR MORNING AND LATE NIGHT RAIN
1985 35 32 0.04 CLOUDY WITH DRIZZLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY
1986 37 31 0.20/1.3 RAIN AND SNOW THROUGH EARLY EVENING
1987 37 28 TR/TR MORNING FLURRIES THEN MOSTLY SUNNY
1988 44 36 TR/TR CLOUDY, SHOWERS AND FLURRIES
1989 50 37 0.08/TR CLOUDY, AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS
1990 42 31 0.23/0.7 CLOUDY, AFTERNOON RAIN AND SNOW
1991 37 32 0.48/4.0 EARLY MORNING RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW
1992 53 42 0.36 CLOUDY WITH MORNING RAIN
1993 56 41 0.02 PARTLY CLOUDY, EVENING RAIN SHOWER
1994 45 29 0.00 SUNNY
1995 61 33 1.40 RECORD RAINFALL
1996 36 28 TR/TR PARTLY SUNNY
1997 41 30 0.01/0.2 MORNING SUN THEN CLOUDING UP, LATE NIGHT SNOW
1998 54 37 0.17 CLOUDY, RAIN ALL DAY
1999 39 29 0.00 PARTLY SUNNY
2000 45 40 0.00 CLOUDY
2001 39 31 0.00 CLOUDY
2002 62 46 0.19 RAIN ENDING IN THE MORNING THEN CLOUDY
2003 53 35 0.27 RAIN THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON
2004 58 32 TR/TR MOSTLY CLOUDY, FLURRIES
2005 46 37 TR/TR MOSTLY CLOUDY SOME FLURRIES
2006 62 37 0.33 CLOUDY
2007 49 29 0.01 MOSTLY CLOUDY, LIGHT RAIN
2008 43 36 0.0 MOSTLY CLOUDY
2009 50 35 0.0 CLEAR
2010 59 31 0.0 MOSTLY CLEAR
2011 42 33 TR/MM RAIN, SNOW